Power Grid: The Robots Board Game - Strategy Game for Adults & Families | Eco-Friendly & Sustainable Gaming Experience | Perfect for Game Nights & Family Gatherings

Power Grid suffers--ahem, used to suffer--when played with 2 players. Much of the competition is lost, since there is inherently less of a war for power plants, resources, and city placement. So what do you do when you want one of those exciting, cutthroat games that Power Grid is known for, but you don't have enough players? Why, you build a player of course!Robots is an ingenious solution to the problems created from not having enough friends. Although they will not help you enhance your social skills or provide warm feelings, they can certainly make your low-attendance games of Power Grid more exciting!In a nutshell, this expansion allows you to create artificial "players" that take actions according to a set of predetermined rules. The robots participate fully in all elements of the game (auctioning, purchasing, building) and even have the ability to win, if you're not careful. Robots are assembled by choosing one tile from each of five different groups of tiles that contain a variety of rules. The tile groups dictate:1) Where the robot will place its first city (for instance, "player auction")2) How the robot will participate in power plant auctions (for instance, "bids for the highest numbered plant that uses the cheapest resource")3) Which resources the robot will purchase (for instance, "purchases anything it can store that costs less than 5 electro"4) Where the robot will expand its network (for instance, "always makes the cheapest connection and cannot build through occupied cities")5) What special ability the robot will have above all players (for instance, "builds 1 city for free each round")And since there are 5 tiles in each group, not only is there practically endless variety, but you can play against up to 5 robots in a game.The robots follow the same set of decision-making rules for the entirety of the game, no matter the circumstances--and frequently, they make stupid decisions. Strategic players will learn to use this to their advantage. But most of the time, the robots are "intelligent" enough to be a thorn in your side and a challenge to overcome. All of a sudden, your 2-player (or even 1-player!) game can become the fight to the finish that it was meant to be.